Nolan Flaherty
Hometown: Oswego, Illinois
Major: Business Administration
Future Plans: Work for a government agency or a nonprofit
Makayla Cox
Hometown: Alton, Illinois
Major: Biochemistry PreMed
Future Plans: Attend medical school
Makayla Cox has seen COVID-19 in the lab and on the front lines. She works as a medical laboratory technician for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and as a medical scribe in the Emergency Department at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
At IDPH, she processes COVID-19 tests and helps with research and development. “I have had the opportunity to learn new research techniques that help to make testing more efficient” she said.
Leslie Herrera
Hometown: Aurora, IL
Major: Political Science
Future Plans: Attend law school to study family and immigration law
Randi Hirschel
Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL
Major: Environmental Studies
Future Plans: GPSI Program
Bryce Thomas
Hometown: Hawthorn Woods, IL
Major: History
Future Plans: Graduate School / Historical Interpretation
Allison Hackett
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Majors: Business Administration (Sports Management concentration) and Economics
Future Plans: Work in Sports Management
Nicole Thomas
Hometown: Peoria, IL
Major: Exercise Science
Future Plans: Become an esthetician
Carl Burts ‘23
Hometown: Rantoul, Illinois
Major: Business Administration
Future Plans: Earn a master’s degree
Arianna Boyd
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Majors: Business Administration
Future Plans: Earn a master’s degree in human resource management
Jessica Joyner
Hometown: Decatur, Illinois
Major: Human Development Counseling
Future Plans: Work as a middle school counselor in a public school district